By Ulrike Baecker, 1975 German Missionary to Algeria At the time of True Father’s 60th birthday, he asked the almost 300 missionaries that had gone out around the world five years previously to write a report of their experience. The reader may recall that True Parents had assigned one missionary from Japan,...
By Ken Owens Article to a Lynchburg, Virginia newspaper published July 30, 1980 The following article was written by then 40-day pioneer Ken Owens and published in the local newspaper of the town he was witnessing in. Much controversy has arisen in the past eight years in America concerning the...
The history of our movement begins with members being deeply by God’s love and expressing that love among themselves and to others. In the earliest years, members went to many towns and cities throughout South Korea and helped local farmers, and taught English and mathematics to school children. This was “Enlightenment witnessing.”...
We are a witnessing movement. We long to heal the world of its pain and help the world’s people experience God’s presence and true love. This desire is rooted in our movement’s history. It was in 1957 that Father launched the first 40-day summer witnessing drive. Members went to many towns and...
It was in 1954, not a year after the end of the carnage of the Korean War, that True Father moved the headquarters of his still small church to Seoul and officially named it. Notable people joined then in those formative years, but it was 1957 when Father launched the first summer...
Part 3 Forgiveness, Prayer and Love for Others Dr. Pak’s life has been an adventurous one. He has been a heavenly general standing up to defend True Parents and working to break through barriers to assist them in fulfilling their mission (for example, with their work in relation to North Korea), and...
Part 2 Husband, Son, Disciple, Diplomat During the time he was working closely with True Parents, Dr. Bo Hi Pak told the story of his life to Today’s World magazine. In this week’s installment, Dr. Pak says more about his family life, how he met our church, and how he came to...
Part 1 Younger Days and the Korean War During the time he was working closely with True Parents, Dr. Bo Hi Pak told the story of his life to Today’s World magazine. Through his testimony of faith and love, we can glimpse how the challenges he faced in his youth, and in wartime,...
A Japanese missionary to an African country experiencing a state of war writes about his relationships with the other two missionaries and how the circumstances they faced drew them together despite their differences. In 1975, True Parents sent three missionaries—one Japanese, one American and one German—out to pioneer 95 countries of the...
In 1975, Father asked trinities of one member each from Japan, the United States and Germany go out and work in some 95 countries received missionaries. Rudolf Faerber was a young member when he left for his assigned country of Zambia, in southern Africa. He is still there today. Zambia is now...
Brazil: Family Festival for Peace
5 Dec, 2019
Angola: Family Blessing for Peace
3 Dec, 2019
